Rating long-term care facilities on pressure ulcer development: Importance of case-mix adjustment

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 557-563

  Berlowitz, Dan R ^a   Ash, Arlene S ^b   Brandeis, Gary H ^a   Brand, Harriet K ^a   Halpern, Jay L ^c   Moskowitz, Mark A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCEROGENESIS;

EID: 0029867941     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-6-199603150-00003     Document Type: Article

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